Sea cucumber habitat differentiation and site retention as determined by intraspecific stable isotope variation

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Slater, Matthew J ^a,c   Carton, Alexander G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat differentiation; Mussel farm; Sea cucumber; Site retention; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECHINODERM; ECHINODERM CULTURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LONGLINING; MUSSEL CULTURE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLYCULTURE; REEF; SITE FIDELITY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTRALOSTICHOPUS; BIVALVIA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PERNA; PERNA CANALICULUS;

EID: 77957072316     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02607.x     Document Type: Article

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